For us, it is impossible for a person to go a day without rest. Although studying or working takes up a large part of our day, rest cannot be omitted. On the weekends, give yourself a little leisure and entertainment activities, go outside to relax, play and enjoy the fun of life. This is how people rest. People have emotions and perceptions, and it is impossible to operate like a machine all the time. However, in this world, there are machines that can operate non-stop all the time.
▲Glass production
Negev Desert Glass Factory, Israel
In this glass factory, the machine must be on all the time and cannot be stopped.
So do workers also need to work all the time? Haven't rested? Of course not. Although the staff of the glass factory is only more than 300 people, the working hours are only 6 hours a day, and the work content is also very relaxed.
Workers can stop, but machines can't. The machines in the glass factory had to be in operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, because if they stopped, the glass bottles would be invalidated on the spot, and all the procedures would have to be changed and started again.
▲Produced by glass factory
Why can't you stop?
As the largest glass factory in Asia, the order volume of the Negev can be said to be very large.
The brands we are familiar with, such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola, are from this factory. Every year, the number of beverages sold by these two companies is very large, and they can monopolize their glass bottle production and get huge profits from it, so it can be said that this factory is really capable.
Of course, it's not just this, the glass factory is located in the Desert of Israel, surrounded by yellow sand, how they should transport it, and where the water and electricity needed for the development of the factory come from. These are all problems that this factory needs to solve. Obviously, they have done a very good job, and I believe that they will not easily fail in the future, after all, two beverage companies alone can create a lot of wealth.
▲Glass factory
However, the glass factory can not stop because of the production of glass materials.
When the glass is melted, some other substances need to be added, which contain metal tin. This substance becomes liquid when it reaches a certain melting point, and then it can be added to the glass. If the machine stops, then it must be restarted to continue heating. Not only because, if you stop, it will take a certain amount of wasted time and money, but also because glass in a liquid state is very easy to cause the machine to fail.
▲Glass factory production
There are no glass factories that have been shut down
Glass factories in the Negev Desert have very large orders, which are not enough to shut down the factory, not to mention that the factory will also remanufactured glass bottles that are accidentally damaged or of poor quality during the production process. Glass bottles in glass factories, as long as the slightest flaw is found, will be crushed and re-produced. Maybe that's why it's successful.
The plant's equipment is already very advanced, and most of it relies on solar energy. Compared with other materials, glass is already very environmentally friendly.
With the production of more than a few million glass bottles per day, factories have adopted a fully automated approach. If a power outage occurs, these productions can only be temporarily stopped and subsequent remediation will be carried out. Although the damage caused by the power outage may be very large, it is also a helpless move. If advance notice were given, there might be a remedy.
▲Glass bottle
epilogue
Regardless of whether the glass factory continues to produce, its purpose is to be able to provide better glass to other manufacturers, but also to be able to develop itself. It sounds a little impersonal all year round, but after all, the continuous work is still a machine, and the workers inside can get a certain rest time through the shift rotation.